NEW DELHI, JANUARY 1: India has got time till June to remove import restrictions on poultry from the US as Washington has agreed to give it a year to implement the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) ruling against the ban.

The meat-eater's picnic has abruptly ended. In the last ten days, the retail price of chicken has jumped by between 30 and 50 per cent. The price of live chicken at retail stores has risen from Rs 90 to between Rs 130-140 per kilogram, whereas that of dressed chicken has crossed Rs 200 per kilogram at most retail chicken stalls.

CHENNAI, DECEMBER 28: Two months after Kuwait lifted its ban on Indian poultry products, Hong Kong has now re-opened its market for egg and other poultry products from India. The ban had been in place ever since an outbreak of avian influenza hit India in 2012.

The UP government is looking at diversification for farmers and will therefore pitch in for extra budgetary allocation in the next fiscal for poultry and dairy sectors so that farmers do not have to rely solely on farm earning.

Hong Kong has announced the opening of its market for Indian chicken and eggs two months after Kuwait lifted a ban on import of poultry products from the country.

This opens up a big opportunity for Indian exporters. The Hong Kong market for poultry products is worth $2 billion. Even if Indian exporters capture 10 per cent this in 2016-17, India's export of poultry products will triple to $300 million from $106 million in 2014-15.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: S Kuttappan Chettiar is the new chairman of the Kerala State Poultry Development Corporation (KSPDC). A government order issued by the Department of Agriculture on December 19 said that K Padmakumar had been removed from the post with immediate effect and Chettiar had been appointed in his place.

Pulwama :The state government is looking to set up a poultry mandi in south Kashmiri’s Pulwama district to streamline the unorganised sale of birds. The land for the mandi has been identified at Kakapora, around 5 km from here. A big chunk of population in the area is associated with rearing of poultry birds.

KOZHIKODE: City corporation authorities have decided to strictly adhere to rules at the time of issuing licences to shops selling meat and chicken. The move has been taken on the basis of unanimous suggestions put forth by councillors during the last council to avoid pollution owing to non-disposal of generated waste.

The greatest fear of most poultry farmers in Nigeria is perhaps high mortality rate. The moment a poultry farmer records high number of deaths of birds, especially in the early stages of production, the investor will certainly not reap maximum benefits.

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Poultry Federation (TPF) wanted the state government to accord agriculture status to poultry sector for further development of the sector in the state.

Federation president E Pradeep Kumar Rao, in a release on Tuesday said chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao granted concessions like supply of subsidised maize, concessional electricity tariff and increase in the number of eggs in anganwadi scheme.

Faced with the worst crisis for the past three years in decades, poultry farmers on the banner of the Telangana Poultry Federation (TPF) have sought a moratorium on loans for two years, supply of subsidized maize and soya and concessional power tariff on a long term, from the new Government in the new State.

Poultry are the world's most popular animal-based food and global production has tripled in the past 20 years.

The world's chicken flock is now estimated to be around 21 billion, producing 1.1 trillion eggs and 90 million tons of meat every year. A healthily maintained livestock is essential for a country's economic prosperity and for public health.